“I opened the door and walked in and Erica was lying on the floor,” said Erica’s husband Nathan, also a teacher at the high school.

Erica’s heart had stopped and co-workers began CPR and used a defibrillator to get try to get it working again. They kept Nigrelli alive until paramedics arrived, who then rushed her to a hospital. There doctors delivered her baby girl Elayna by emergency caesarean section.

Nigrelli in the hospital. (Credit: YouTube)

Since Nigrelli’s heart wasn’t beating at the time, Elayna’s was technically a postmortem delivery.

“There were two lives that were hanging in the balance the whole time,” Nathan said.

Nathan holds his new daughter, Elayna. (Credit: YouTube)

But doctors were able to bring Nigrelli back to life. After Nigrelli had revived, they discovered she had an undetected heart defect, which is now managed by a pacemaker.

Elayna is now three months old and weighs nine pounds. Doctors said she’s growing and thriving.